Turvey B.E. (ed.) Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis

Burlington, MA: Elsevier Science,Academic Press, 2011. - 728 p.ISBN: 0123852439Now in its fourth edition, Criminal Profiling is an established text centered on the deductive profiling method developed by the author. Deductive profiling is different from other forms of profiling in that it does not involve averaged, statistical profiles. Instead it focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative process, solving real crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of criminals. It approaches each criminal incident as its own universe of behaviors and relationships. Throughout the text, the author illustrates the most crucial tenet that any good criminal profiler should adhere to: the enthusiastic desire to investigate and examine the facts.
With 35% new content, this edition contains cases in each chapter, along with the latest advances in evidence-based profiling. Additional information has been added covering topics such as mass homicide, as well as the timely inclusion of a chapter on terrorist profiling and interviewing.
Criminal Profiling, Fourth Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals alike, including investigators, forensic scientists, criminologists, mental health professionals, and attorneys. Readers will use it as a comprehensive reference text, a handbook for evaluating physical evidence, a tool to bring new perspectives to cold cases, and as an aid in preparing for criminal trials.
* Best-selling author Brent Turvey defines the deductive profiling method, which focuses on examining the nature and behavior of criminals in order to solve crimes
* Contributing authors represent law enforcement, academic, mental health, and forensic science communities for a balanced perspective
* Completely revised with 35% new material including updates on the latest advances in evidence-based profilingNew to this edition* New cases in every chapter
* New chapters in logic and reasoning
* New chapter reviewing non-evidence based profiling methods
* New chapter on mass homicide
* New chapter on terrorist profiling and interviewingBrent E. Turvey spent his first years in college on a pre-med track only to change his course of study once his true interests took hold. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University in Psychology, with an emphasis on Forensic Psychology, and an additional Bachelor of Science degree in History. He went on to receive his Masters of Science in Forensic Science after studying at the University of New Haven, in West Haven, Connecticut.Since graduating in 1996, Brent has consulted with many agencies, attorneys, and police departments in the United States, Australia, China, Canada, Barbados and Korea on a range of rapes, homicides, and serial/ multiple rape/ death cases, as a forensic scientist and criminal profiler. He has also been court qualified as an expert in many areas, including criminal profiling, forensic science, crime scene analysis, victimology, and crime reconstruction. He has also authored numerous texts on these subjects used in colleges and universities around the worldHe is currently a Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with his private company, Forensic Solutions. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Justice Studies at Oklahoma City University.An introduction to criminal profiling
A history of criminal profiling / Brent E. Turvey
Criminal profiling : science, logic, and cognition / Wayne A. Petherick, Brent E. Turvey
Alternative methods of criminal profiling / Wayne A. Petherick, Brent E. Turvey
Forensic psychology, forensic psychiatry, and criminal profiling : the mental health professional's contribution to criminal profiling / Michael McGrath and Angela N. Torres
An introduction to behavioral evidence analysis / Brent E. Turvey
An introduction to crime scene analysis / Brent E. Turvey
Forensic victimology
Forensic victimology / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman
Sexual deviance / Brent E. Turvey
Sexual asphyxia / Michael McGrath and Brent E. Turvey
False allegations / Michael McGrath and Brent E. Turvey
Crime scene analysis
An introduction to crime reconstruction / W. Jerry Chisum and Brent E. Turvey
Crime scene characteristics / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman
Interpreting motive / Jodi Freeman and Brent E. Turvey
Case linkage / Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman
Cyberpatterns: criminal behavior on the internet / Eoghan Casey
Fire and explosives : behavioral aspects / Brent E. Turvey
Offender characteristics
Inferring offender characteristics / Brent E. Turvey
Psychopathy and sadism : interpreting psychopathic and sadistic behavior in the crime scene / Brent E. Turvey
Sex crimes / Brent E. Turvey
Domestic homicide / Brent E. Turvey
Mass murder / Brent E. Turvey
Serial cases : investigating pattern crimes / Brent E. Turvey
Introduction to terrorism : understanding and interviewing terrorists / Brent E. Turvey, Majeed Khader, Jansen Ang, Eunice Tan and Jeffery Chin
Appendix: threshold assessment / Jodi Freeman
Professional issues
Ethics and the criminal profiler / Brent E. Turvey
Criminal profiling on trial : the admissibility of criminal profiling evidence / Craig M. Cooley